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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I go for names from Greek mythology.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Draconian

    Draconian is a word meaning 'Unreasonably harsh or severe'
    '

    I just think it sounds cool, but can also portray a style of command
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    As my Character is a Tellarite, I found it fitting to give it a Tellarite name.

    U.S.S. Gav, named after Ambassador Gav of the Tellarites, killed by an Orion in the TOS episode Journey to Babel.(?)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    rjc_foxtrot wrote: »
    USS Tiburon

    Was actually a street sign I had seen a long time ago when I was a young, little kid on vacation with my family in California. The name had stuck with me. Years later I had found out that Tiburon is actually spanish.

    it means Shark, and is the Name of a City in the North Bay near San Fran, I know I lived there when I was a kid...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Chateau Royale because i wanted something classy to go with my cruisers..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    For my starter ship. I named it the USS Replay. because I've flown that thing so much I wasn't looking forward to it again.

    However since I am flying science ships. I have chosen the name USS Caravel which was the most prevalent ship class Columbus used when setting sail to explore the oceans west of Europe.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=Random+Name+Generator
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    kvitske wrote: »
    U.S.S. Garfield... the orange cat... obviously... :)

    Also was a short lived President of the United States (that was what Jim Davis named the cat after).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_XjXeWyfxM
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The USS Antioch with my Captain Brther Maynard. Monty Python & The Holy Grail. And yes I know it's misspelled(you know how hard it is to get Brother as a name in most games) I've been spelling it that way for going on 10 years now so why stop now.:)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Raymond_Burg wrote:
    U.S.S. Charlotte my daughter's name, and it makes a good ship name. I use it for my cruisers.

    U.S.S. Robert G. Shaw Colonel Shaw of the 54th Regiment during the civil war. I felt like a soldier who died for equality and freedom, alongside his men regardless of their color, was a model example and a fitting Starfleet ship. Use this name for my escort ships.

    I like that.
    Well Done!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    open beta ship 1:
    U.S.S. Fearless
    but after i've seen like 3 more of them in the same Sector Map Instance i decided to change it to...

    U.S.S. HammerFall
    after this Band (Songtitle: "Way of the Warrior" :D ) -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYr-TnmxNE

    headstart:
    U.S.S. Nomandy
    yepp just played Mass Effect 2 ;P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Wellington

    In honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    My cruiser types are always the USS Xanacus A-Z

    Xanacus is a name I've used for characters and other things in games for a long time. Plus it sounds awesome.

    My Science ships tend to be named after random elements

    I think the reason for them being named after elements is self evident.

    I have yet to make a fed escort.

    My Klingon ships in OB were named after people and gods from Greek mythology. I'm not sure what the theme will be now.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    For when I get on.. was thinking...

    USS Squirrel : So all you dogs will spaz out when you see me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I, like many others, really like the mythology based names...
    it just seems right.

    so far its the,
    USS Meriope
    & USS Hephaestus
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I use names from Lovecraft and Derlith Cthulhu mythos.

    Currently I use R'Lyeh R'Lyeh at Wikipedia.com for my ship names, but I'll be expanding out to the god names in the mythos.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Well I was thinking of using [indefatigable[/b] because it's such a wonderfully classical name but I ended up with the Singularity. It sounded good for a science ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    During OB:
    USS White Star (Miranda) B5
    USS Wolfpack (light escort) Kunsan AB, Korea
    USS Outbound Flight (Cruiser) Star Wars book reference
    USS Richard Rahl (Science) Sword of truth series


    Currently:
    USS Serenity, for the best gorram ship ever. Damn you Fox.

    On a side note, I did run across Captain Han Solo flying the USS Millenium Falcon. I facepalmed at that one.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Firehawk

    My other hobbie is my Firebird formula ( my 3rd )
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The Agamemnon is from greek history although I think the names been used for a couple of ships over the years.

    The IKS Remora got its name because I was trying to think of a name quickly and got stuck with the name of that ship from DS9, the Rotaran, in my head. Remora's are a type of fish which typically live around sharks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Ancalagon
    lord of the rings ... after ancalagon the black
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S. Iron Butterfly

    The Rock Band of the 60s
    For their Album and song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida the 17 minute plus version
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS VISITOR (jay, sounds lame), 3 Ships to letter B, because we had a Star Trek Mail RPG when I was 14 or so when my char started developing. So I stick with it. Think my T2 ship will get this name, since you can only have each name once for a ship of yours.

    Other one could be USS Saratoga from Space Above And Beyond
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Defenestrate
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S Sun Tzu

    Author of The Art of War, rather fitting for a tactical vessel.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Yorktown

    Named after a famous (for me it is famous) aircraft carrier of the United States Navy in World War 2, being the Flagship of Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher.
    The USS Yorktown was s sister-ship of the USS Enterprise and participated in may important engagements in the pacific theatre (including one of the most famous: battle if midway) and was sunk by a japanese submarine (u-boat) on June 6th 1942.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Dauntless, means fearless basically. Name of one of the Type 45 destroyers too, thought it sounded nice.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    From Closed/Open Beta

    U.S.S. Corbantis - Defunct SWG server. Good times there.

    U.S.S. Caprica City - BSG

    U.S.S. Alabama - Roll Tide

    U.S.S. Hunglodukdong - Testing to see if their was a naming convention filter. Sadly it got through but still funny.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Kursk. After the town in the former USSR I was born in and place of the largest tank battle in World War II.
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